flashbacks
stratt had to defend herself in court. Why?
over copyrights for downloading information to the HM for the crew to have access to anything
how many light years is 40 eridini from earth
16
average lifespan for eridians
700 years
what was the reason for the mission
an alien species called astrophage is taking energy from the sun
ilykhunia suicide request
heroin overdose
this was the Russian facility that the explosion occurred at
Baikonur
How many atmospheres of pressure is erid
29
Why is Rocky’s ship called the blip a
that is how the radar referred to it
First person to discover the presence of astrophage
looking for the full name
Dr. Irina Petrova
What did stratt major in college
history
What was the name of the first beetle prototype
Pete (the drummer before ringo)
What is a spectormeter
an instrument that analyzes properties of light
Grace describes rocky as a monostome, what is that
takes in food and expels food in the same place as opposed to different intake and exit
Why does Dr. Grace have flashbacks throughout the mission
he was drugged by a French retrograde amnesia producing agent so he would forget he was forced
When did the book come out
may 2021
Earth leaders decided to nuke Antarctica to do what?
release methane gas beneath the ice sheets
What is the nitrogen level of erids atmosphere
8 percent
How many eridians were on the blip a, and what happened to most of them
28: most died from radiation sickness
What was the final taumoeba variation to be used on Venus and three world
taumoeba 82.5
Grace did lots of experiments. one required him to put astrophage into a radiation containment vessel and expose it to gamma rays emitted by cesium-137. What did he call this test
Bruce banner test (bc it was like shooting a 50 cal at a sheet of paper and having it bounce off)
who invented the medical robot on the HM
Dr. Lamai
What element is in Eridian food that is lethal to humans
thallium
what was the first thing rocky sent to grace
a xenonite cylinder of map of stars connecting tau Celtic to erid
How old is grace in earth years at the end of the book(time dilation), and how old is he actually
over 100, actually 53
How many square meters is the Sahara desert
9 trillion